Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014. Quarto. Near Fine / Fine. Item #19475
A gorgeous coffee table book devoted to this pioneering18th-century Welsh landscape painter.
"From 1750 to 1757 Wilson was in Italy, and became a landscape painter on the advice of Francesco Zuccarelli. Painting in Italy and afterwards in Britain, he was the first major British painter to concentrate on landscape. He composed well, but saw and rendered only the general effects of nature, thereby creating a personal, ideal style influenced by Claude Lorrain and the Dutch landscape tradition. John Ruskin wrote that Wilson "paints in a manly way, and occasionally reaches exquisite tones of colour". He concentrated on painting idealised Italianate landscapes and landscapes based upon classical literature, but when his painting, The Destruction of the Children of Niobe (c.1759–60), won acclaim, he gained many commissions from landowners seeking classical portrayals of their estates. Among Wilson's pupils was the painter Thomas Jones. His landscapes were acknowledged as an influence by Constable, John Crome and Turner." - wiki
Glossy paper and lush, colorful photographs highlight Wilson's work in this work, 348pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior. As new, save for a thin strip of light sunning along bottom edge. Dust jacket Fine.
Price: $85.00